Components

By Kane Fulton Best graphics cards As PC gamers, we know the importance of a capable graphics card. Sure, your monitor and even your mouse matter. But nothing determines how far you can push your visual settings up quite like the GPU. The only problem is that with so many different cards to choose from,…

By Darren Allan A security expert from Bitdefender has been speaking about the shaky security of connected devices and the Internet of Things in general, as well as the piece of hardware which leaves users most vulnerable to attack. The company’s senior e-threat analyst Bogdan Botezatu said that the device category you might expect to…

By Darren Allan Nvidia has pushed out a new version of its GeForce Experience software which is more streamlined and boasts a revamped UI including a convenient in-game overlay. GeForce Experience 3.0 has been completely retooled from scratch, meaning it’s faster and also leaner – the company claims it’s three times faster than the previous…

By Darren Allan We’ll hopefully see a new MacBook at Apple’s big press event tomorrow – whether that might be a fresh MacBook Pro or MacBook Air (or indeed neither) isn’t clear yet – but if you fancy a second display (or indeed a third into the bargain) for your existing MacBook Pro, then a…

By Brendan Griffiths best hard drive deals There has never been more content available to fill your hard drive space on your laptop or desktop PC. Movies, music, and those many Steam games you bought in the sale that you absolutely will play one day all need a home. On the plus side, storage manufacturers…

By Darren Allan As you’re probably aware, chipmakers are starting to struggle with silicon these days in terms of making better performing CPUs built on ever-smaller processes – which is why they’re looking at alternatives to silicon such as carbon nanotubes, a field which has just witnessed an important breakthrough. The advance has been made…

By Joe Osborne AMD VR Proper virtual reality (VR) headsets have only been available for a few months to a year, and it’s already the next big thing in tech that we can’t stop hearing about. But, this has happened before – at least a few times. What makes this time different, and will VR…

By Kevin Lee AMD has just announced its 7th generation A-series processors will power new HP and Lenovo desktop systems by the second half of 2016. Formally known by its codename Bristol Ridge, the desktop CPUs utilize up to four “Excavator” cores and they cover a wide power band spanning from 65- to 35-watts. This…

By Kevin Lee AMD has just announced its 7th generation A-series processors will power new HP and Lenovo desktop systems by the second half of 2016. Formally known by its codename Bristol Ridge, the desktop CPUs utilize up to four “Excavator” cores and they cover a wide power band spanning from 65- to 35-watts. This…

By Kevin Lee AMD has just announced its 7th generation A-series processors will power new HP and Lenovo desktop systems by the second half of 2016. Formally known by its codename Bristol Ridge, the desktop CPUs utilize up to four “Excavator” cores and they cover a wide power band spanning from 65- to 35-watts. This…

By Desire Athow Introduction Think acquiring a business printer is an easy task? Think again. While a printer’s primary feature is to print, there are so many permutations on the market that it would be foolish to assume that one printer is similar to the next one just because it sports almost identical specifications. Should…

By Desire Athow Introduction Think acquiring a business printer is an easy task? Think again. While a printer’s primary feature is to print, there are so many permutations on the market that it would be foolish to assume that one printer is similar to the next one just because it sports almost identical specifications. Should…

By Desire Athow Introduction Think acquiring a business printer is an easy task? Think again. While a printer’s primary feature is to print, there are so many permutations on the market that it would be foolish to assume that one printer is similar to the next one just because it sports almost identical specifications. Should…

By Darren Allan Nvidia’s line-up of Pascal-based desktop graphics cards will soon be complete with the release of the GeForce GTX 1050, and the specs of this low-end model have just been leaked. It’ll be based on the GP107 GPU and according to the leak from Chinese site Benchlife, the GTX 1050 will run with…

By Darren Allan Nvidia’s line-up of Pascal-based desktop graphics cards will soon be complete with the release of the GeForce GTX 1050, and the specs of this low-end model have just been leaked. It’ll be based on the GP107 GPU and according to the leak from Chinese site Benchlife, the GTX 1050 will run with…